Initial reports from Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) for this year’s coho salmon and steelhead trout spawning is showing significant increases over prior years thanks to years of work by the water district and other Northern California groups., MMWD, based in Corte Madera, says both species are showing some of …
Read More »Inland Empire Utilities Agency Debuts The Water Pirates of Neverland: Run Aground! for Children
Southern California’s Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), in partnership with The National Theatre for Children (NTC), will visit 50 local elementary schools with live performances of The Water Pirates of Neverland: Run Aground! from Feb. 4 to 13. Performances by the professional actors from NTC will aid in sparking conversations …
Read More »Reclamation’s Burman Calls Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan into Question
Citing the lack of consensus plans by both California and Arizona for the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan (DCP), Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced on Thursday that the Department of the Interior is stepping in and asking the governors of the seven western states for recommendations on how …
Read More »February’s Manual Phillips Station Snow Survey: 50 inches of snow depth, 98 Percent of Average
When it comes to California’s snowpack thus far this year it seems to be safe to say, ‘so far, so good.’ In comparison to the Feb. 1, 2018 manual measurement at Phillips Station, Thursday’s measurement at the same location witnessed a year over year improvement of 14 percent of average …
Read More »State Water Board Launches New Undergraduate/Graduate Paid Internship Program
Do you know an undergraduate or graduate student with a passion for California’s water industry and all its complexities that would be interested in the initial cohort of paid internships with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)? If so, share this information with them post-haste and have them prepare …
Read More »City of San Diego Joins State Lawsuit Against USIBWC Over Sewage, Sediment and Trash Issues
San Diego’s City Council voted unanimously in closed session earlier this week to join California’s lawsuit against the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) over the contamination flowing in the Tijuana River Valley through the Tijuana River Estuary and out to the Pacific Ocean while fouling the beaches north …
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